Kent State molecular and cellular biology and psychology student Haley Shasteen鈥檚 personal battle with lupus has pushed her to research what really causes certain frustrating symptoms.
Shasteen participated in the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, taking first place for her research project, 鈥淐ognitive Impairments of those with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.鈥 Her research focused on 鈥榖rain fog,鈥 the feeling of cognitive impairment that many people with lupus deal with, herself included.
鈥淚 know what it feels like to have brain fog,鈥 Shasteen said. 鈥淭he more reading I do about this, the more interesting it all becomes to me.鈥
Read more in the 2019 issue of the Kent State Research Review